Posts Tagged ‘JYP’

Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Variety Roulette: Healing Camp
by | May 4, 2012 | 73 Comments
Time for another Variety Roulette! This time we landed on a show that neither of us has ever seen: Healing Camp, which airs on Mondays on SBS. I hope for our sakes that it’s a good show… Tags: featured, JYP, Variety Roulette... More »


Drama Casting & News
2011 KBS Drama Awards
by | December 31, 2011 | 100 Comments
Awards, awards, awards! And tons of pretty people. As with yesterday’s MBC Drama Awards, note that winners are decided in part due to popularity, in part due to ratings and politics. That said, I don’t think anyone will argue with their Daesang winner, Shin Ha-kyun (below), who has been tearing it up on Monday and... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Park Jin-young’s film debut in 5 Million Dollar Man
by | August 28, 2011 | 20 Comments
Singer, producer, and now actor Park Jin-young (or JYP) is making his big-screen debut in the movie 5 Million Dollar Man, which ought to keep him might busy as he juggles acting with running his own entertainment company, grooming starlings of the future, and producing their albums. He’d first acted in the teen music-and-hopes drama... More »
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Chungmuro/Film News
47th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | May 26, 2011 | 195 Comments
It’s too bad that Hyun Bin was missing from the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards, since he and his drama picked up a bunch of awards. (Alas, there’s that whole mandatory military thing.) Not only did he grab a Daesang in the TV portion (film Daesang went to Lee Byung-heon for his thriller I Saw the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Dream High scheduled for winter premiere
by | July 10, 2010 | 20 Comments
Dream High is the name of a drama project that has been in the works for a while now, and after stalling a bit in the planning stages, it is finally now a go for KBS. The project drew some early buzz for the big names behind its production, namely Keyeast (Bae Yong-joon‘s company), JYP... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Pusan International Film Festival’s opening night
by | October 2, 2008 | 51 Comments
It’s kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil‘s sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the news listings, it’s easy to confuse the two based on the thumbnail images. (Given the timing, as far as I can see, there were no... More »


Kpop News
The future of kpop
by | December 25, 2007 | 36 Comments
The “Oricon Comet” Younha The Korean pop music industry, like the recording industry worldwide, has been in a constant downward slide in recent years. The reasons for that are all the usual suspects: General sales slump for the CD market, rise of digital media, and, oh yeah, suckiness of the product. Personally, I think kpop... More »


Celebrity News
Who voted?
by | December 19, 2007 | 14 Comments
Actor Song Il Kook   Or perhaps the question should be: Who’s getting attention for voting? On the 19th (yesterday in Korea if we’re going by the time difference), Korea held its presidential elections. (Psst. Lee Myung-bak won.) As for voting — turnout was low, but that didn’t stop the celebrities from showing up to... More »